[EC-NCSG] Fwd: Response to NCSG membership application and request for additional information of US-IGNITE

[Robin Gross]

Dear NCSG-EC:

Below is some additional information from the organization US-Ignite to clarify possible concerns raised in the Dec. NCSG-EC meeting regarding whether it is currently in operation and whether it is a purely noncommercial organization.  

Thanks,
Robin

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> From: Glenn Ricart <glenn.ricart at us-ignite.org>
> Date: January 4, 2012 7:19:48 AM PST
> To: Robin Gross <robin at ipjustice.org>
> Subject: Re: Response to NCSG membership application and request for additional information of US-IGNITE
> 
> Robin -
> 
> US Ignite is in operation, has four employees, and has filed for 501(c)(3) charitable organization tax status in the United States.  In the meantime, its financial affairs are being handled by OneEconomy, an established 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable institution.   It has public members (the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Science Foundation) with more public members pending.  Participants include the cities of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Cleveland, Ohio, Lafayette, Louisiana with additional cities pending.   US Ignite also expects to have industry participants as well who will be announced in the spring.
> 
> The mission of US Ignite is to encourage public benefit applications of new technology as expressed in our mission statement:
> 
> Promote US leadership in developing and deploying applications and services for ultra-fast broadband and Software-Defined Networks that have the potential to transform areas of national priority such as healthcare, education, job skills training, public safety,  energy , and advanced manufacturing.
> 
> I attach a fuller description of the initiative.: I think the salient facts that indicate that US Ignite is a non-commercial organization include:
>    - self-description as nonprofit
>    - filed for 501(c)(s) status in the United States
>    - mission to provide public benefit applications
>    - industry members are only one of many classes of participants
> 
> I ican go deeper but suspect that this level of information will help your process.
> 
>  ....  Glenn
> 




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